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Streaming services are now getting out of hand (www.arktrek.shop)
submitted 7 months ago by Dragxito to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Triple equals? I'm no expert programmer but I've never seen that before.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Double equals means equals, triple equals means strict equality including type.

Prevents a Boolean true being evaluated to 1 for example

[–] garretble 3 points 7 months ago

Other people have answered, but if you’d like to know more it’s a JavaScript thing:

Strict Equality (===)

Vs

Equality (==)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Specific to JS, due to the double equals being type oblivious